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Click to view larger Thomas Shipley has been to the emergency room four times in the past month. “This last Saturday I woke up about 11:30 a.m. and I literally couldn’t breathe. They had to call the ambulance for me. They were really cool to me at the hos ...

Click to view larger Real Change vendor James Wade Photo by Jon Williams James Wade lost his Seattle apartment to an electrical fire. “I came home one day and it was smoking bad. I lost my van, I lost my apartment, and I lost my job.” James, 55, grew up ...

Click to view larger Skip Davis. Photo by Jon Williams Skip Davis grew up in Philadelphia. “City of Smotherly Love. If I hadn’t left, I’d’ve been dead. I’ve been shot, stabbed, my arm broke with a baseball bat. All the crazy stuff on TV, that was my life ...

Click to view larger Matt Hill, Photo by Jon Williams Matt Hill has been homeless off and on for the past 10 years. He got out of school with a degree in business administration, worked for a while, and then got fired. “Ever since then, I’ve had problems ...

Click to view larger Michael Dotts There are many pieces to putting a person’s life back together. For Michael Dotts, it started with reaching out to get help. “As you take advantage of resources, you get opportunities, people get to meet you, see you, bu ...

Click to view larger Evie Mason. Photo by Jon Williams, Real Change Evie Mason moved to Seattle from Atlanta 19 years ago. “I’d lived in Atlanta all my life and it was just time to grow up. My husband and I used to watch the travel channel. They were spot ...

Click to view larger Tyrone Kenney. Photo by Jon Williams, Real Change It’s not surprising Tyrone Kenney played on his high school football team. He has the build of a linebacker and played the position on his school’s football team. He grew up in Georgia ...

Geno Hora looked carefully around to find just the right spot where, through the window of the Columbia City Starbucks, he’d be able to keep his eye on his bicycle. The bike was a gift from Geno’s brother, who wouldn’t have given him a bike when Geno was ...

Yemane Berhe’s home country of Eritrea is a long way from selling Real Change on the streets of Seattle. Yemane left Eritrea for Sudan in the 1990s, where he opened a restaurant. Then he got a visa to immigrate to the United States. He drove a taxi in Was ...

Click to view larger Real Change News July 11, 2012 Page 11 David Purnell has sold Real Change for more than a decade. He’s constantly saying hello, shaking hands and even hugging customers at his spot in front of Trader Joe’s on Madison Street. He said h ...